It's Kiddie Day Care Time

[popparazzi]

Who: popparazzi and YOU
When: some time after this post
Where: The safe house section of Out Post #1.
Format: Whichever you prefer~
What: Maes invades the outpost with children. He probably ends up on Byakuya's naughty list.
Warnings: CHILDREN. MAES BEING A DADDY. OTHERS TO BE ADDED AS NEEDED. Tag if you join! ♥

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[firebornfidelis]

"I guess it is. And making something new is like an experiment." She smiled, partly at his enthusiasm and partly because it was sort of like something in common between them. It was nice to have a friend - or at least that was how she was thinking of Spencer - because there hadn't ever really been anyone who'd wanted to get close to her and talk like this before.

She paused when he turned to speak to her. And blinked. He didn't want to get away from her after all. It was almost surprising. A moment passed and these thoughts caught up with her and she grinned, nodded and got to her feet quickly to follow him.

"I am kind of hungry..." She wasn't really sure now when she'd last ate since she didn't have any money or access to a kitchen she could cook in. She'd had a little bit here and there when she was staying at the clinic, but she hadn't wanted to take anything away from the younger children. But Mr Hughes had said there'd be food here and that was further confirmation in her mind that she was right to believe that any friend of Mr Mustang's had to be a good person.

[threedoctorates]

Spencer's response was to smile at her and hold out his hand. Since he was the older one, he was making it his responsibility to watch out for her. "Well, they said they were would be food here, right? So let's go get some. I'm sure Mr. Hughes has to have some here for us."

[firebornfidelis]

Friends hold hands, she'd seen them do it before, but she'd never had a friend like that. So when Spencer offered his hand, she hesitated a moment, more out of surprise than anything else. But he was smiling, so she smiled back and took his hand. That meant they were really friends.

She nodded. "Mr Hughes said there would be ice cream at least."

[threedoctorates]

"You know him, right? Mr. Hughes, I mean." Spencer asked over his shoulder as his hand closed gently over her's and tugged her towards the food.

[firebornfidelis]

She trailed a half step behind him, her shorter legs automatically trying to match step with Spencer. Hayate, as ever, stuck by her side.

"I know him a little. He seems really nice. He's a friend of Mr Mustang, so I'm sure he's all right."

[threedoctorates]

Spencer nodded, remembering that Riza had said that Mr. Mustang was a student of her father's. While he hadn't met either man and was inherently distrustful of those he didn't know, he wasn't going to question Riza's judgment. If she trusted them, then he saw no reason not to, as he trusted her.

"If you think so," he said, trying to let her know that he trusted her opinion. He stopped by the table where some of the food was spread out, looking over the selections, before turning back to Riza, before pulling her forward so that she could get a better look.

[firebornfidelis]

She wasn't the most outgoing of children, herself, and rarely got to the point of actually trusting anyone from outside her own home, much less any adults, but these were special circumstances. And Mr Hughes had been kind to her.

She took the last step up to the table when he gave her a tug and looked over the food. She hadn't ever really seen this much food in once place before, never really having gone to a party or anything of that sort before. She looked at Spencer first, as if waiting for some cue, before reaching out with the hand not holding his to take a little peach out of a fruit bowl.

[threedoctorates]

"What do you like?" Spencer asked, as he made a grab for two plates. Being taller then Riza, he had taken it upon himself to make sure she got what she wanted and how much she wanted before he did.

In a way, he reflected in the back part of his mind, it almost felt like she was his little sister, but he didn't understand why he would be thinking that when he had only known her for a few days by this point. Maybe it was because they were both all alone and had banded together? He couldn't be sure, but it was certainly worth looking into later on.

[firebornfidelis]

"Umm..." She scanned the table again, still flicking her eyes back to Spencer periodically. He reminded her a little bit of Mr Mustang - the younger version, the one that lived with her and her father - though she wasn't really sure why.

"The quiche looks good."

[threedoctorates]

Spencer nods and reaches out for it, putting some on one of the plates. He ignores his own for the moment, fully planning on getting her settled with food of her own before getting his own.

"Anything else?"

[firebornfidelis]

She watches him for a moment, curiously. Eyeing his empty plate and glancing back up at his face with some confusion.

"Isn't there stuff you want, too?"

[threedoctorates]

"Of course." Spencer turns his head and gives Riza a smile, "But I'm making sure you have everything you want first." Because that's the most important thing right now.

[firebornfidelis]

At that, she blinks confusedly for a moment. Why should that matter to him? But his smile draws one out of her, too, though it is more hesitant than his.

"You don't have to do that."

[threedoctorates]

"I know I don't," Spencer said with a slight shrug of a shoulder, "but I want to."

It's what he was used to, after all, taking care of others. Although, admittedly, Riza wasn't his mom nor was she mentally ill, but it made him feel slightly better to be able to do something for someone. If only because it eased that ache in his heart just slightly and made him feel like he wasn't going crazy.

[firebornfidelis]

She stared at him for a minute more before reaching out to gently take the empty plate out of his hands and hold it carefully in her smaller ones.

"Then I'll get the things you want for you." And she smiled. Looking after someone else gave her a sense of comfort and familiarity the same way it did for him.

[threedoctorates]

Just sort of blinks at Riza, the plate that she just took from him and then back at her again. He looks so confused. "But--"